Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS)

Rates depression symptoms via self-assessment

Sleep (calculation uses highest score from items 1-4)

1. Sleep Onset Insomnia:

2. Mid-Nocturnal Insomnia:

3. Early Morning Insomnia:

4. Hypersomnia:

Mood

5. Mood (Sad):

Weight (calculation uses highest score from items 6-9)

6. Appetite (Decreased):

7. Appetite (Increased):

8. Weight (Decrease) Within The Last Two Weeks:

9. Weight (Increase) Within the Last Two Weeks:

Concentration

10. Concentration/Decision Making:

Guilt

11. Outlook (Self):

Suicidal Ideation

12. Suicidal Ideation:

Interest

13. Involvement:

Fatigue

14. Energy/Fatiguability:

Psychomotor Changes (calculation uses highest score from items 15-16)

15. Psychomotor Slowing:

16. Psychomotor Agitation:

Interpretation

Source: Rush AJ, Trivedi MH, Ibrahim HM, Carmody TJ, Arnow B, Klein DN, Markowitz JC, Ninan PT, Kornstein S, Manber R, Thase ME, Kocsis JH, Keller MB. The 16-item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS) Clinician Rating (QIDS-C) and Self-Report (QIDS-SR): A psychometric evaluation in patients with chronic major depression. Biological Psychiatry. 2003; 54:573-583.
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